Golden Age comic book artist, Fran Hopper, passed away November 30th at the age of 95. She drew for Fiction House and Marvel during the 1940s.
Golden Age comic book artist, Fran Hopper (nee Frances Deitrick), passed away on November 29th, 2017 at the age of 95.
Hopper got into comic books during a fascinating point in comic book history. World War II had led to a boom in comic book production, but at the same time, the war also led to many comic book creators going into the military. Therefore, like every other field, comic book publishing also opened up to female creators. One of the places where women were especially welcome was at the Iger Studio, one of the very first "packaging studios" in comic books (it was initially the Eisner and Iger Studio). A "packaging studio" was a collection of comic book writers and artists who would create full comic books and then sell them to comic book companies ready-to-publish. Eisner and Iger were one of the best in the business, driven primarily by the creative genius of its co-founder, Will Eisner. In 1940, however, Eisner left the company to launch the Spirit comic book newspaper insert. Bob Iger continued the studio without Eisner. Naturally, Iger had to recruit other writers and artists to replace the void that Eisner left behind. Ruth Roche had done some work for Eisner and Iger and when Eisner left, she took on more writing responsibilities. She became an editor and eventually became Iger's business partner.
https://www.cbr.com/fran-hopper-marvel-comics-passed-away/
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